Johnny Cope

Hey, Johnnie Cope, are Ye Waking Yet?, also Hey Johnnie Cope, are you awake yet?,Heigh! Johnnie Cowp, are ye wauken yet?, or simply "Johnny Cope" is a Scottish folk song by Adam Skirving that gives an account, from the Jacobite viewpoint, of the Battle of Prestonpans. In the battle, which took place during the Second Jacobite uprising, John Cope was the commander of the government troops, and was defeated in a morning raid by the Jacobites. — Excerpted fromHey, Johnnie Cope, Are Ye Waking Yet?on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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(This is the traditional version, as authored by Adam Skivring in 1745; many other versions of this popular Jacobite song exist)